Abida () is a feminine given name. The masculine version of the name is

Abid Abid ( ''‘Ābid''), also ''Abed'', literally meaning ''worshipper'', ''adorer'', ''devout'' may be either a surname or given name. In the Russian language, "" (''Abid''), or its form "" (''Avid''), is an old and uncommonPetrovsky, p. 34 m ...

. It means the one who worships. Notable people with the name include: *

Abida (biblical figure) According to Genesis 25:4, Abida ( ''ʾĂḇīḏāʿ'') was the son of Midian, and the grandson of Abraham and his wife Keturah Keturah (, ''Qəṭūrā'', possibly meaning "incense"; ) was a wife (1917 Jewish Publication Society of America ...

, biblical figure and son of Midian *

Abida Azeem Abida Muhammad Azeem is a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the Senate of Pakistan since March 2018. Political career Azeem was elected to the Senate of Pakistan as an independent candidate on a reserved seat for women from Balochis ...

, Pakistani politician *

Abida Mia Abida Sidik Mia is a Malawian politician. She is the Member of Parliament for Chikwawa Nkombezi in Chikwawa District and she is a minister of water and sanitation. Political career She was elected to the Parliament of Malawi in the 2019 gener ...

, Malawian politician *

Abida Parveen Abida Parveen (; ; born 20 February 1954) is a Pakistani singer, composer, musician of Sufi music, painter and an entrepreneur. Parveen is one of the highest-paid singers in Pakistan. Her singing and music have earned her many accolades, and s ...

(born 1954), Pakistani Sufi singer *

Abida Sultan Princess Suraya Jah, Nawab Gowhar-i-Taj (born Abida Sultan Begum Sahiba; 28 August 1913 – 11 May 2002), also known as Abida Sultaan, was the eldest daughter of Hamidullah Khan, the last Nawab of the Bhopal state, and his wife Begum Maimoona Su ...

(1913–2002), Indian princess *

Abida Taherani Dr. Abida Taherani (died 1 June 2016) was a Pakistani educationist, scholar, and former vice chancellor at the University of Sindh. She was honored with the Pride of Performance Award in 2016. Biography Rising from a well-educated family, Teher ...

(died 2016), Pakistani educationist and scholar * Abedah-Kristin Ritchie (born 1986), American rapper known as MC Router *

Syeda Abida Hussain Syeda Abida Hussain–Imam ( b. 1948) is a Pakistani conservative politician, diplomat and socialite on the platform of the Pakistan Muslim League (N). Born into a feudal family in Pakistan, she served as the Pakistan Ambassador to th ...

(born 1948), Pakistani politician Other things called or related to "Abida" include: *

Abida (genus) ''Abida'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Chondrinidae. Distribution This is a European genus. It consists of about 10 species, most of which are restricted to the ...

, a genus of small snails

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